B- overall score

                    Four groups had a higher score

                    Zero groups had a lower score

                    One group had the same score

How are scores calculated?

The overall score is based on the average of the scores below for species abundance, blade length, and short shoot density. Each of these three scores is based on how close the reported values are to the overall averages across all groups participating in the transect training. Reported values summarized for each species across all transects that deviate largely from the averages are given lower scores. The overall score is then ranked relative to all other groups.

Species Abundance reported (most common) Blade length reported cm (average) Short shoot density reported per m2 (average)
Transect 1 Halodule 25-50% (25-50%)
Transect 2 Halodule - (solitary)
Syringodium - (solitary)
Transect 3 Halodule 76-100% (76-100%) 22 (19.3) 68 (68.9)
Thalassia <5% (<5%) 38.8 (39.7) 2 (1.3)
Transect 4 Halodule - (<5%)
Thalassia - (51-75%)
- (30.1)
- (26.2)
Transect 5 Syringodium 51-75% (25-50%) 33.4 (33.5) 21.7 (30.8)
Thalassia 5-25% (25-50%) 37 (35.3) 10 (7.3)
Transect 6 Syringodium - (<5%)
Thalassia 25-50% (51-75%) 39 (6.5) 22.7 (3.8)
Abundance summary

C

reported values deviate a lot from the average, varies by species

All species +1 mean BB categories away across transects

Halodule +2 mean BB categories away across transects

Syringodium +3 mean BB categories away across transects

Thalassia -1 mean BB categories away across transects

Blade Length summary

C

reported values deviate a lot from the average, varies by species

All species +4.3 cm difference on average across transects

Halodule +2.7 cm difference on average across transects

Syringodium -0.1 cm difference on average across transects

Thalassia +10.4 cm difference on average across transects

Short Shoot Density summary

A

reported values deviate very little from the average, good job!

All species -2.7 shoots per m2 difference on average across transects

Halodule -0.9 shoots per m2 difference on average across transects

Syringodium -9.1 shoots per m2 difference on average across transects

Thalassia +1.9 shoots per m2 difference on average across transects

Abundance

C

Room for improvement! Learn how to brush up on abundance by viewing the link here.

Blade Length

C

Room for improvement! Learn how to brush up on blade length by viewing the link here.

Short Shoot Density

A

Looks good, keep doing what you're doing!

Species identification